Mikey Gomez was voted Florida’s #1 unsigned  170pnd mixed martial artist.. He is set to fight at Cage Warriors USA in Florida on August 23rd..  You can find information for this event at: http://www.cagewarriorsusa.com/. Gomez is fighting Charley Blanchard for the welterweight title.  On Thursday August 15, 2008 I spoke with a happy Mikey. He told me, “I am really excited to fight for the Cage Warriors belt. I’m fighting a really tough aponant named Charley Blanchard from American Top Team. I’ve been training really hard for this upcoming belt and now I’m just tweaking up my game in preparation for it.” Charley Blanchard’s record is 7 wins 1 loss.


Gomez returned last week from training in Brazil. He explained, “I just got back from Brazil. I was training at Gracie Fusion. There’s a bunch of World Champions in there. The experience was great they pushed me real hard for the fight. I know I’m going to come on top on the 23rd.”  Mikey is a head instructor at Gracie Berra in Orlando, Fl.  He explains, “I train here in Florida and it was really exciting to go back to Brazil. I haven’t been there in 5 years. It was a different experience a different environment so I know that helped me a lot to get out of my comfort zone.”

Mikey’s last fight was against Antonio Grant for XTREME FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS in March 2008. The first punch was thrown by Antonio but Mikey's fast counter punch saw Antonio fall to the ground. Mikey mounted for one of the crowd’s favorite techniques- the good ole “ground and pound.”  Antonio tapped out. Mikey tells me of the fight, “I was trying to look for a warm up fight and they actually called me like 5 days before the match and I took the fight. I was getting ready for this fight already. I was able to finish it with a TKO in 27 seconds of the 1st round.” Mikey’s mixed martial arts record is 9 wins and 4 losses.



Mikey gave me some background on himself. Telling me, “I was born in California and went to Paraguay when I was 5 years old. I was raised there. My parents are from there. When I was 19 I decided to become a professional fighter and I figured I’d move here to the States and have more opportunity. I actually moved to Boston and I was only able to handle the weather for a month. Too cold! Then I decided to move to Florida and I found this great school that has become my home as well.” He went on to explain even further, “I moved here from Paraguay in 2001. Been training here ever since I came and then my family came. So we are all together here in Florida. Florida has been my home ever since. I’ve been here for almost 8 years and I just love the weather here. It’s like back home and people are really friendly so it was really easy for me to make Orlando my home.”


The interview with Mikey Gomez ended with him giving thanks, “I’m really happy that Cage Warriors chose me to be one of the belt contenders for Cage Warriors USA. I have some big shoes to fill in. Dan Hardy was a great champion for them for awhile. I’d like to thank all my fans people that help me, my trainers, and my friends. People that didn’t quit on me, my mom, my sister, if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be able to do it. They support me 100 percent.” Fans can show support to Mikey on his MySpace page :http://www.myspace.com/paraguaio

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written by BigJay, August 18, 2008

Nice Job Penny on the interview I love reading your interviews and thankyou for keeping me posted when they come out your the best...

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